21So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.
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And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 16-23)When the builders had so far reason to think the design of the enemies broken as to return to their work , yet they were not so secure as to lay down their arms, knowing how restless and unwearied they were in their attempts, and that, if one design failed, they would be hatching another. Thus must we watch always against our spiritual enemies, and not expect that our warfare will be accomplished…
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